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    Violence in The Arts – Plato vs. Aristotle Nowadays‚ it is hard to turn on a television program‚ catch a movie or buy your younger sibling a video game without encountering a warning for extreme violence. Everyday‚ our lives are exposed to violence on the screen‚ whether it is in the latest Sopranos episode or even watching the six o’clock news. For quite a while now‚ people have been demanding that stricter censorship be placed on the media‚ especially those programs and video games that can

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    Juan Rodriguez Lacasa The theme of justice in The Republic “The Republic” by Plato is considered to be a Socratic dialogue finished in 390 BC. In what is considered one of the most valuable pieces of work of Plato tries to answer questions such as: why should people do good things? Or other questions like: are people rewarded for doing bad things? However he also treats other themes as the theory of forms‚ the immortality of the soul and the roles of the philosopher and of poetry in society.

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    Plato Truth and Reality- "And isn’t it a bad thing to be deceived about the truth‚ and a good thing to know what the truth is? For I assume that by knowing the truth you mean knowing things as they really are. " Truthfulness. He will never willingly tolerate an untruth‚ but will hate it as much as he loves truth... And is there anything more closely connected with wisdom than truth? (Plato‚ 380BC) Reason Reason is knowledge of things like mathematics but which require that some postulates

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    I. Short Answers 1. Plato uses the forms to discuss almost everything. Forms are general concepts that are used to classify different physical concepts. The forms are non physical‚ mental concepts. Plato utilizes the forms to prove mind-body dualism. The forms are real things‚ they exist‚ and are considered to be more real than physical things. It refers to things that are eternal‚ perfect‚ unchanging‚ and universal. The mind is also eternal‚ not the brain. Forms are concepts or ideas that help

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    Plato and Aristotle Name: Course instructor: Plato and Aristotle Just like Plato makes it clear especially in his apology of Socrates saying that he was among the devoted young followers‚ he must have told Aristotle about how he loved pizza but Aristotle must have argued out that he knew the pizza guy but he knew not about the extra large mutton and olive pie regardless of how hungry they were. This is just like they knew little about the hockey but knew about Athens

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    Thucydides Versus Plato: Differing Views of the Good Life What is the true nature of the Good Life? Is it living life with concern for only oneself despite the possible consequences of one’s action on others? Or might it involve self-sacrifice in effort to do what one feels is right or just? Is it descriptive‚ or perhaps prescriptive? Two prominent Greeks‚ Thucydides and Plato‚ began providing answers to these questions over 25 centuries ago as they analyzed and wrote critically about life’s

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    Essay No. 1: Write an essay on one of the thinkers covered in the unit so far (i.e. weeks 2-6). Essay question: Assess the major contributions of your chosen thinker to our understanding of the human condition. Due Date: 16/9/13 Number of Words: 2‚150 “God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. Yet his shadow still looms. How shall we comfort ourselves‚ the murderers of all murderers?” (Nietzsche‚ 1882‚ 1887‚ s. 125).This is one of many renowned

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    will go to a happier destination. Like Socrates‚ who was expecting to join the Gods‚ “who are very good masters” ‚ Plato sees no reason to fear death. More importantly‚ he believes the soul is immortal. He was a dualist‚ and thus claiming that soul and body are two separate entities. The body is mortal and changes‚ while the soul is immortal and unchangeable. In his dialogue ‘Phaedo’‚ Plato presents three arguments for an immortal soul. Firstly‚ the cyclical argument

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    Plato‚ Heracleitus and Parmenides all had their own metaphysical views each with their own sets of similarities and differences. Plato’s views were that there were two worlds the physical and the spiritual. According to him‚ the physical world was not the real world and that physical things were only shadows of their ideal form. An example of this that he gave was the cave allegory. Where the prisoners are left in a cave staring at their shadows and those of the outside world. One breaks

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    Presentation assignment Fall 2013 Break into 4 groups. Each group must contain one or more of the participants of the Plato Symposium. Two groups will have 5 members. In the style of the Plato Symposium‚ each group should fashion a 20 or 25 minute presentation answering one of these questions about Animal Farm. You may also decide to formulate a new question relating Animal Farm to Plato. You may use a PowerPoint presentation if you wish. Please be creative. We need a make up session‚ so the presentations

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